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Cherry – O…

Pam Sparks24 Comments

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Swiss Pixies Cherry Lucy here to wish you a cupcake kind of day!  She’s so cherry-licious!  yum… we had a cherry tree in our backyard when I was growing up and my mom made the best cherry pies… those were the days!  Now I just make paper cherries! lol  Love this cherry die from CC Designs Cutters… so fun!  I love the dainty stem!  The days of chunky die cuts are over!  yea! hip, hip, hurray!

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Lucy is stamped on Letraset Cartridge A4 card (All That Scraps ordered it for me, email Christine if you want to try it)  with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.  For her skin I used, Ivory, Vanilla, Oatmeal and Apricot.  Soft Peach for her cheeks.  Her hair… oh,  it’s crazy! waaaaah… I haven’t gotten the brown combos down yet… but I’ll tell you whats under here… Caramel, Cinnamon, Henna, Auburn and Burnt Umber.  It was blah,  until I added the last two colors.  I used the chisel tip to get the hair strands… that works slick.  The reds are Poppy, Crimson and Burgundy.  The pinks… again crazy… trying to match the paper.  I started with Sunkissed Pink and Dusty Pink…. then added Blush and I can’t even remember!   The awesome thing about alcohol markers is you can just keep coloring over stuff.  (well except skin,  it goes really wonky IMO)

If you like coloring and like markers you’ll have fun with these… they are different than Copics.  I would hate to give up my Copics but…these are fun.  I will say I’m glad I have them and it’s just fun to change it up!  Here’s a tutorial I made on coloring with PM and FM HERE.

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The paper is October Afternoon Modern Homemaker,  Wilton Doily,  sentiment is from the new CC Designs Berry Logos set, cupcake die is from CC Designs Cutters and sewing machine stitching.  I use Heavy duty thread from Joanns in my machine for paper stitching.

Linking to the Passion for Promarkers challenge blog… inspiration photo

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More cards from the ATS DT on the blog today…fabulous inspiration again!  yea! HERE!

Cherry-O!  See you back here tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping by!  Oh and today is the last day to purchase the Sugarplums Beach Kit at 20% off!  Don’t miss it!

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Stamps and Stuff…

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Jack Frost – limited edition…

Pam Sparks27 Comments

BRRRRR….introducing Printworks Collection limited edition snowman for 2010!  Love him with his candy cane hat brim and present top hat!!! He’s item # J4075  2010 LE Jack Frost if you’re wanting to order his cuteness for yourself! The sentiment is B3998 Snowmen are the coolest…

He’s my card for the Sweet Stop Sketch challenge post today, HERE.  And here’s the sketch with a spin for this week…finish the inside…I said, “do I really have to?”  and I said, “yes”!  I don’t like to finish the insides…bad deal because it’s really hard to send out a card that’s not finished on the inside!!!

A side view…

and finally the inside!

The mitten is stamp #A3988 Cozy Mitten and the sentiment is #E4001.  All The stamps I used are from Printworks, HERE You can contact Nicole to order by email or phone with the info from this link … or order on their online store, HERE, just add the new stamps to the comment box when you check out and Nicole will email you an invoice to pay.

I colored with Copic Sketch Markers… for the bluish color I used a lot of colors… I know…I’m a wacky colorer! lol  I started with BG72 all over,  then BG93 all over,  then BG000 all over…still not happy so I brought in the cool grays, C1, 3, 5, 7… they fixed it! lol  The red is W3 all over,  then R24 all over, then brought in some R27, then less of R29 and even less of E07.  All the shadowing/shading is the cool grays, C00, 1, 3, 5.  The cheeks…don’t ask! eeek!

Martha Stewart punches except the heart is a medium EK Success Paper Shaper punch.  The pattern paper is new and from the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamp shop, HERE… it’s called Wintertime by Echo Park… fun stuff…double sided and the pack is 6×6 for easy shipping to you!  Frosted Lace Stickles all over the place…easy to use… HERE or HERE.

Happy stamping and shopping… let me know if you need any help with Printworks!  Thanks for stopping by!

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Let the good times roll…

Pam Sparks15 Comments

Printworks Snowman J4000 HERE (page H35 under new releases) is ready for Winter!  brrrrrrrr… I had fun with this guy and used a lot of Printworks stamps!  This is also my card for this week’s Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge, HERE.

I’ll list the rest of the stamps…

B3608 Good times HERE go to Rubber Art Stamps in the menu on the left…holiday stamps …. page H26

B2787 Happy Winter HERE

C3569 Snowflakes

A2511 Mini Fluffy (snowflake) HERE

B1876 Diamond Dust HERE go to Rubber Art Stamps in the menu on the left…holiday stamps …. page J3

G2284 Catalina Pine HERE

QO Elegant patterns HERE or HERE

G2299 Polka Dot Wave HERE go to Rubber Art Stamps in the menu on the left…holiday stamps …. page J4

If you want to order from Printworks, go HERE,  add what you can to the cart, add a list in the comments of what else you want,  be sure to include your email address or phone number and Nicole will get back to you with the total you owe.

here’s a close up of this happy guy!  Stormy Sky Distress ink, HERE,  applied with the Ink blending tool , HERE…oval Nestabilities, HERE…

And the sketch for Sweet Stop Sketches Challenge blog this week… fun… take a look and hope you can join!

See ya next time!  Thanks for stopping by!

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Lili Ice Cream…

Pam Sparks26 Comments
Info-mercial….and then on to my card….I wanted to let you know some fun Inky Impressions News…. On the Inky Impressions yahoo group check out the monthly challenges and play along  for a chance at a fabulous prize. For the first challenge, one lucky stamper will receive a gift certificate to the Inky store and the prize for the second challenge is your card would be featured on the Inky Impressions yahoo group home page for the next month!!!
Here’s what you need to know …

#1. Every month on the Inky Impressions yahoo group there will be a Home Page contest with a monthly theme. This month the theme is FLOWERS. The winner will have their card displayed for the whole month of June to greet our members every time they sign on to the group. You have till the end of May to enter this contest. Add your photo to the June Homepage Photo album on the yahoo group site.

#2. There is also another challenge on the yahoo group during each month that will follow a theme. The winner will win a gift certificate generously donated by Nicole the owner of Inky Impressions to use at the Inky Impressions store. Woohoo!!! The theme for this month is SUMMER FUN. Please upload your entry to the May Monthly Challenge album in the Photo Album on the yahoo group. The winner will be announced at the beginning of June.

♥♥♥Both challenges are due the last day of the month and we will pick our winners and let you know soon after.♥♥♥

♥♥♥Gotta LOVE this ♥♥♥ just for joining Inky Impressions yahoo group you will automatically get 10% off your Inky Impressions orders. Come join the Inky Impressions yahoo group HERE.

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Rolled flowers,  hand stitching, stamping, coloring and punching,  oh and a little distressing!

I used quilting thread and a quilting teeny needle (size 12) to backstitch around the oval.  I pierced the holes first.  I need to find a little heavier thread though…last time I did this the thread was too heavy…gotta find that happy medium!  This Lili is so cute licking her ice cream cone – She looks like she could be taking a break from working at a drive up ice cream shoppe…one thing about an ice cream shoppe,  you know it’ll always be cool inside!  So… “have some ice cream”  is from a clear stamp set by Hero Arts HERE.

I tried rolled flowers (how to HERE) …I like it!  A one and a quarter inch circle punch for the larger and one inch for the four smaller flowers. The branch is from the Punch Bunch.  The heart stick pin is from Fancy Pants and the pink heart pearl is from Hero Arts HERE.

You can buy Lili Ice Cream HERE,  the border punch HERE,  the nestabilities oval dies HERE,  stamping ink HERE,  Bazzill 3mm teeny brads HERE,  Copics for coloring HERE and the Tim Holtz distressing tool HERE.

Linking to these Challenge blogs…

Have a relaxing and thankful Memorial weekend!  ♥  I appreciate you coming by to visit!